Editing Cohasset, Massachusetts

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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name            = Cohasset, Massachusetts
| settlement_type          = [[New England town|Town]]
| image_skyline            = Cohasset common;2007-08-03.jpg
| imagesize                = 250px
| image_caption            = Cohasset Town Common
| image_flag               = Flag of Cohasset, Massachusetts.jpg
| image_seal               = Seal of Cohasset, Massachusetts.png
| nickname                 = 
| motto                    = 
| image_map                = Norfolk County Massachusetts incorporated and unincorporated areas Cohasset highlighted.svg
| mapsize                  = 250px
| map_caption              = Location as an [[Enclave and exclave#True exclaves|exclave]] of Norfolk County in Massachusetts
| coordinates              = {{coord|42|14|30|N|70|48|15|W|region:US-MA_type:city(7,182)|display=inline,title}}
|subdivision_type         = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
|subdivision_name         = United States
|subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
|subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Massachusetts|County]]
|subdivision_name1        = [[Massachusetts]]
|subdivision_name2        = [[Norfolk County, Massachusetts|Norfolk]]
| established_title        = Settled
| established_date         = 1647
| established_title2       = Incorporated
| established_date2        = 1770
| government_type          = [[Open town meeting]]
| leader_title             = [[Town Manager]]
| leader_name              = 
| leader_title1            = Board of Selectmen
| leader_name1             = 
| area_footnotes           = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020">{{cite web|title=2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_cousubs_25.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=March 4, 2024|archive-date=March 4, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240304204332/https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_cousubs_25.txt|url-status=live}}</ref>
| area_total_km2           = 81.42
| area_total_sq_mi         = 
| area_land_km2            = 25.35
| area_land_sq_mi          = 
| area_water_km2           = 56.06
| area_water_sq_mi         = 
| elevation_m              = 15
| elevation_ft             = 50
| population_footnotes     = <ref name="Census 2020">{{Cite web |url=https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALDP2020.DP1?g=060XX00US2502114640 |title=Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2020 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Cohasset town, Norfolk County, Massachusetts |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=March 4, 2024 |archive-date=March 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240304204332/https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALDP2020.DP1?g=060XX00US2502114640 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| population_total         = 8381
| population_density_km2   = 330.6
| population_density_sq_mi = 
| timezone                 = [[Eastern Standard Time Zone|Eastern]]
| utc_offset               = −5
| timezone_DST             = [[Eastern Standard Time Zone|Eastern]]
| utc_offset_DST           = −4
| postal_code_type         = ZIP Code
| postal_code              = 02025
| area_code                = [[Area code 339|339]]/[[Area code 781|781]]
| blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info               = 25-14640
| blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info              = 0618317
| website                  = {{URL|http://www.townofcohasset.org/}}
}}

'''Cohasset''' is a town in [[Norfolk County, Massachusetts]], United States. As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]] the population was 8,381.<ref name="Census 2020"/>

== History ==

Cohasset was inhabited by the [[Pokanoket]] until 1649, when it was conquered by the Wampanoag,<ref>https://www.dartmouthhas.org/uploads/1/0/0/2/100287044/territorial_boundaries_-wampanoags-1928.pdf {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231213144752/https://www.dartmouthhas.org/uploads/1/0/0/2/100287044/territorial_boundaries_-wampanoags-1928.pdf |date=December 13, 2023 }} {{bare URL PDF|date=February 2024}}</ref> and then the Massachusett in 1668.<ref>https://www.dartmouthhas.org/uploads/1/0/0/2/100287044/territorial_boundaries_-wampanoags-1928.pdf {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231213144752/https://www.dartmouthhas.org/uploads/1/0/0/2/100287044/territorial_boundaries_-wampanoags-1928.pdf |date=December 13, 2023 }} {{bare URL PDF|date=February 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Welcome |url=https://native-land.ca/ |access-date=2024-06-20 |website=Native-Land.ca |language=en |archive-date=July 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220709122106/https://native-land.ca/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

The area entered the written record in 1614, when [[John Smith of Jamestown|Captain John Smith]] explored the coast of [[New England]] and described an encounter of his ship with four Native Americans in a canoe at ''Quonahasit'', two of whom were shot by the Europeans.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Smith|first=John|url=https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100693021|title=A description of New England; or, The observations, and discoveries of Captain Iohn Smith (admirall of that country) in the north of America, in the year of our Lord 1614; with the successe of sixe ships, that went the next yeare 1615; and the accidents befell him among the French men of warre: with the proofe of the present benefit this countrey affoords; whither this present yeare, 1616, eight voluntary ships are gone to make further tryall.|date=1837|publisher=P. Force|location=Washington|access-date=October 26, 2021|archive-date=February 15, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230215200851/https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100693021|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1634, "Conihosset" is listed as a "noted habitation" in New England in a list of both indigenous and colonial settlements,<ref>{{Cite book|last=Wood|first=William|title=Wood's Vocabulary of Massachusett|publisher=Evolution Publishing|year=2002|isbn=978-1-889758-97-8|location=Merchantsville, NJ|pages=14}}</ref> though the area was first settled by English settlers in 1670 suggesting this was a settlement of [[Massachusett|Massachusett people]]. The town's name came from the [[Massachusett language|Massachusett]] word "Conahasset," possibly meaning "long rocky place"<ref>{{Cite web|title=History of Cohasset|url=https://www.cohassetchamber.org/history|access-date=October 25, 2021|website=Cohasset Chamber of Commerce|language=en-US|archive-date=October 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211025215319/https://www.cohassetchamber.org/history|url-status=live}}</ref> or "fishing promontory."<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Douglas-Lithgow|first=R.A.|date=January 3, 1910|title=Dictionary of American Indian Place and Proper Names in New England; with many Interpretations, etc.|journal=American Anthropologist|volume=12|issue=1|pages=107|doi=10.1525/aa.1910.12.1.02a00100|issn=0002-7294|doi-access=free}}</ref>

Much of the land was originally granted without consultation of its indigenous inhabitants to the "Conahasset Partners." At a special town meeting of January 1670, the shares in the new town were apportioned and divided among the new proprietors, many of whom were large [[Hingham, Massachusetts|Hingham]] landowners. The largest number of shares (35) went to Hingham Town Clerk Daniel Cushing, with the second largest (25) to Reverend Peter Hobart, Hingham's minister. Others receiving large grants were: Capt. Joshua Hobart, Peter Hobart's brother (18&nbsp;shares); Lieut. John Smith (15&nbsp;shares); Ensign John Thaxter (16½&nbsp;shares); and deacon [[John Leavitt]] (with 14½&nbsp;shares).<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KJsYAAAAYAAJ&q=%22nehemiah+leavitt%22&pg=RA1-PA378 |title=A Narrative History of the Town of Cohasset, Massachusetts, Edwin Victor Bigelow, Published Under the Auspices of the Committee on Town History, Press of Samuel Usher, Boston, Mass., 1898 |access-date=February 25, 2014|last1=Bigelow |first1=Edwin Victor |year=1898 }}</ref> The layout of the town was distinctive. Many lots were laid out in long narrow strips, facilitating more lots with road frontage, and avoiding back lots.

Cohasset became a town separate from [[Hingham, Massachusetts|Hingham]] in 1770, 100 years later.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xuigq23ybG0C&q=leavitt+cohasset&pg=PA167|title=History of the Town of Hingham, Massachusetts|volume=I|first=Thomas Tracy|last=Bouve|publisher=Hingham, Mass.|year=1893|access-date=February 25, 2014|archive-date=June 20, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240620232756/https://books.google.com/books?id=xuigq23ybG0C&q=leavitt+cohasset&pg=PA167#v=snippet&q=leavitt%20cohasset&f=false|url-status=live}}</ref>  Previously, what is today the town of Cohasset was known as Hingham's Second Parish.<ref name="1st parish history">{{cite web|date=December 28, 2009|title=Congregational History|url=http://firstparishcohasset.org/about/congregational-history/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726055130/http://firstparishcohasset.org/about/congregational-history/|archive-date=July 26, 2011|access-date=June 6, 2010|publisher=First Parish of Cohasset}}</ref>

Cohasset was originally part of [[Suffolk County, Massachusetts|Suffolk County]], and when the southern part of the county was set off as [[Norfolk County, Massachusetts|Norfolk County]] in 1793, it included the towns of Cohasset, Hingham and [[Hull, Massachusetts|Hull]]. In 1803, Hull and Hingham opted out of Norfolk County and became part of [[Plymouth County, Massachusetts|Plymouth County]], leaving Cohasset as an [[exclave]] of Norfolk County.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sec.state.ma.us/cis/cisctlist/ctlistidx.htm |title=Information and Historical Data on Cities, Towns and Counties in Massachusetts |publisher=Sec.state.ma.us |access-date=February 25, 2014 |archive-date=July 4, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100704193818/http://www.sec.state.ma.us/cis/cisctlist/ctlistidx.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>

<gallery widths="200px" heights="200px">
File:Discovery of cohasset.jpg|A historic marker on the European discovery of Cohasset
File:Cushing-Nichols House Cohasset Massachusetts.jpg|Cushing–Nichols House, Cohasset
Image:First Parish, Cohasset MA.jpg|First Parish Meeting House, a [[Unitarian Universalist]] congregation originally built {{circa|1750}}.<ref name="1st parish history"/>
</gallery>

==Geography==

[[File:Surf, Cohasset Maurice Prendergast.jpeg|thumb|left|300px|''Surf, Cohasset'', [[Maurice Prendergast]], {{circa|1900}}]]
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|81.4|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|25.4|km2|order=flip}} are land and {{convert|56.1|km2|order=flip}}, or 68.86%, are water.<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/0600000US2502114640| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): Cohasset town, Norfolk County, Massachusetts| work=American Factfinder| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| access-date=December 10, 2018| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213160514/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/0600000US2502114640| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}}</ref> It is bordered on the west by [[Hingham, Massachusetts|Hingham]], on the northwest by [[Hull, Massachusetts|Hull]], on the north and northeast by [[Massachusetts Bay]] and on the east and south by [[Scituate, Massachusetts|Scituate]]. Cohasset is approximately {{convert|12|mi}} east of [[Braintree, Massachusetts|Braintree]] and {{convert|20|mi}} by road southeast of [[Boston]].

Cohasset is located on the "corner" of the [[South Shore, Massachusetts|South Shore]], where greater [[Boston Harbor]] ends and Massachusetts Bay begins. The shore is rocky, with many small ledges and rocks lying offshore. Cohasset Cove and The Gulf provide a long portion of the border with Scituate, while Straits Pond divides Cohasset from neighboring Hull. Near the center of the coast lies Little Harbor, a large inlet divided from the ocean by Beach Island. Several other brooks and rivers run through the town. A large portion of the southwestern part of town is occupied by [[Wompatuck State Park]] (formerly the [[Hingham Naval Ammunition Depot Annex]]), and the Whitney & Thayer Woods Reservation. There is also a bird sanctuary, as well as a large park (Wheelwright Park) near Little Harbor. There are three beaches along the bay, and the Cohasset Yacht Club, Cohasset Sailing Club and a public boat launch in Cohasset Harbor.

===Climate===

The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters. According to the [[Köppen Climate Classification]] system, Cohasset has a [[humid subtropical climate]], abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=155091&cityname=Cohasset%2C+Massachusetts%2C+United+States+of+America&units= |title=Climate Summary for Cohasset, Massachusetts |publisher=Weatherbase.com |access-date=February 25, 2014 |archive-date=July 1, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140701225553/http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=155091&cityname=Cohasset%2C%20Massachusetts%2C%20United%20States%20of%20America&units= |url-status=live }}</ref>

January is the coldest month of the year with an average low temperature of 20&nbsp;°F and average high of 37&nbsp;°F. July is the warmest month of the year with an average low temperature of 62&nbsp;°F and average high of 81&nbsp;°F. Average monthly precipitation falls between 3.47" and 4.80" depending on the time of year. Additionally, Cohasset averages 14.2" of snow in its snowiest month (February) and 48.3" for the year. The all-time record low and high temperatures are –13&nbsp;°F (1961) and 100&nbsp;°F (2002), respectively.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.intellicast.com/Local/History.aspx?month=1 | title=Intellicast &#124; Weather Underground | access-date=September 4, 2017 | archive-date=August 31, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170831193642/http://www.intellicast.com/Local/History.aspx?month=1 | url-status=live }}</ref>

==Government==
[[File:Cohasset MA Town Hall.jpg|thumb|Cohasset Town Hall]]
On the national level, Cohasset is a part of [[Massachusetts's 9th congressional district]], and is currently represented by [[Bill Keating (politician)|Bill Keating]]. The senior (Class II) Senator, is [[Elizabeth Warren]]. The (Class I) member of the [[United States Senate]] is [[Edward Markey]].

On the state level, Cohasset is represented in the [[Massachusetts House of Representatives]] by Joan Meschino as a part of the Third Plymouth district, which includes Hingham, Hull and Scituate. The town is represented in the [[Massachusetts Senate]] by Patrick O'Connor as a part of the [[Massachusetts Senate's Plymouth and Norfolk district|Plymouth and Norfolk district]], which includes the towns of Duxbury, Hingham, Hull, Marshfield, Norwell, Scituate and Weymouth.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mass.gov/legis/citytown.htm |title=Index of Legislative Representation by City and Town, from |publisher=Mass.gov |access-date=February 25, 2014 |archive-date=September 29, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929115141/http://www.mass.gov/legis/citytown.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>  The town is patrolled on a secondary basis by the First (Norwell) Barracks of Troop D of the [[Massachusetts State Police]].<ref>[http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=eopsterminal&L=5&L0=Home&L1=Law+Enforcement+%26+Criminal+Justice&L2=Law+Enforcement&L3=State+Police+Troops&L4=Troop+D&sid=Eeops&b=terminalcontent&f=msp_divisions_field_services_troops_troop_d_msp_field_troop_d_station_d1&csid=Eeops Station D-1, SP Norwell]  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111127055400/http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=eopsterminal&L=5&L0=Home&L1=Law+Enforcement+&+Criminal+Justice&L2=Law+Enforcement&L3=State+Police+Troops&L4=Troop+D&sid=Eeops&b=terminalcontent&f=msp_divisions_field_services_troops_troop_d_msp_field_troop_d_station_d1&csid=Eeops |date=November 27, 2011 }}</ref>

Cohasset is governed on the local level by the [[open town meeting]] form of government, and is led by a town manager and a five-member [[board of selectmen]]. The current Town Manager is Christopher Senior. Selectmen are elected officials and serve three-year terms led by a chairman in a rotating one-year term. The current Board of Selectmen consists of Kevin McCarthy, Chair, Paul Schubert, Vice-Chair, and Diane Kennedy, Steve Gaumer, and Jack Keniley.  The town operates its own police and fire departments, both of which are headquartered near the town center. Emergency services are also provided by the town, with patients taken to the South Shore Hospital in [[Weymouth, Massachusetts|Weymouth]]. The town's post office is also nearby, just off of the town common. The town's [[Paul Pratt Memorial Library]] is located just west of the town center, in what was once a school adjacent to the original library.

Cohasset Schools are represented by and headed by the Cohasset School Committee. Members of the Cohasset School Committee are Jeanne Astino(Chairman), Katie Dugan(Vice-Chairman), Ellen Maher, Barbara Stefan and Amanda Zani.
 
{| class=wikitable
! colspan = 6 | Voter registration and party enrollment as of August 24, 2024<ref>{{cite web | title = Registered Voters and Party Enrollment as of August 24, 2024 | publisher = Massachusetts Elections Division | access-date = July 7, 2020 | url = https://www.sec.state.ma.us/ele/elepdf/enrollment_count_20200212.pdf | archive-date = October 10, 2022 | archive-url = https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221010/https://www.sec.state.ma.us/ele/elepdf/enrollment_count_20200212.pdf | url-status = live }}</ref>
|-
! colspan = 2 | Party
! Number of voters
! Percentage
|-
| {{party color cell|Democratic Party (United States)}}
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 1,246
| style="text-align:center;"| 19.63%
|-
| {{party color cell|Republican Party (United States)}}
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 878
| style="text-align:center;"| 13.83%
|-
| {{party color cell|Independent Party (United States)}}
| Unaffiliated
| style="text-align:center;"| 4,181
| style="text-align:center;"| 65.89%
|-
| {{party color cell|Libertarian Party (United States)}}
| [[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarian]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 16
| style="text-align:center;"| 0.02%
|-
! colspan = 2 | Total
! style="text-align:center;"| 6,345
! style="text-align:center;"| 100%
|}

==Demographics==
{{See also|List of Massachusetts locations by per capita income}}
{{Historical populations | type=USA
 | 1850|1775
 | 1860|1953
 | 1870|2130
 | 1880|2182
 | 1890|2448
 | 1900|2759
 | 1910|2585
 | 1920|2639
 | 1930|3083
 | 1940|3111
 | 1950|3731
 | 1960|5840
 | 1970|6954
 | 1980|7174
 | 1990|7075
 | 2000|7261
 | 2010|7542
 | 2020|8381
 | 2023*|8392
 | footnote=* = population estimate.  {{Historical populations/Massachusetts municipalities references}}<ref>{{cite web| title=City and Town Population Totals: 2020-2022| publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]| access-date=November 11, 2023| url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-total-cities-and-towns.html| archive-date=July 11, 2022| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220711040810/https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-total-cities-and-towns.html| url-status=live}}</ref>
}}

As of the [[census]] of 2020, there were 8,373 people, 2,722 households, and 2,024 families residing in the town. The population density was {{convert|770.4|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 2,980 housing units, of which 258, or 8.7%, were vacant. The racial makeup of the town was 96% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.5% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.2% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.5% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.2% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.2% [[Race (United States Census)|some other race]], and 1.7% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.5% of the population.<ref name="2010 Census DP-1">{{Cite web| url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/SF1DP1/0600000US2502114640| title=Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (DP-1): Cohasset town, Norfolk County, Massachusetts| work=American Factfinder| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| access-date=December 10, 2018| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200214000159/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/SF1DP1/0600000US2502114640| archive-date=February 14, 2020| url-status=dead}}</ref>

Of the 2,722 households in the town, 39.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 64.0% were headed by [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 7.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.6% were non-families. Of all households, 22.7% were made up of individuals, and 12.8% were someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.74, and the average family size was 3.27.<ref name="2010 Census DP-1"/>

29.4% of the town's population were under the age of 18, 4.3% were from 18 to 24, 18.6% were from 25 to 44, 31.6% were from 45 to 64, and 16.0% were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43.6 years. For every 100 females, there were 96.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.9 males.<ref name="2010 Census DP-1"/>

For the period 2013–2017, the estimated median annual income for a household in the town was $140,000. The median income for a family was $180,345, and the per capita income was $75,885. Male full-time workers earned an estimated $124,420 per year, while females earned $91,103. About 2.5% of families and 3.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 5.4% of those under age 18 and 1.6% of those age 65 or over.<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/17_5YR/DP03/0600000US2502114640| title=Selected Economic Characteristics: 2013–2017 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (DP03): Cohasset town, Norfolk County, Massachusetts| work=American Factfinder| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| access-date=December 10, 2018| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213155146/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/17_5YR/DP03/0600000US2502114640| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}}</ref>

During the 2013–2017 period, the median home value was $852,300.<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/17_5YR/DP04/0600000US2502114640| title=Selected Housing Characteristics: 2013–2017 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (DP04): Cohasset town, Norfolk County, Massachusetts| work=American Factfinder| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| access-date=December 10, 2018| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213161028/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/17_5YR/DP04/0600000US2502114640| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}}</ref> Of the town residents, 98.3% held at least a high school degree, while 73.3% had a bachelor's degree or higher.<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/17_5YR/DP02/0600000US2502114640| title=Selected Social Characteristics in the United States: 2013–2017 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (DP02): Cohasset town, Norfolk County, Massachusetts| work=American Factfinder| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| access-date=December 10, 2018| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213154929/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/17_5YR/DP02/0600000US2502114640| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Education==
Cohasset operates its own school department for the town's approximately 1,500 students. The Osgood Elementary School serves students from pre-kindergarten through second grade. The Deer Hill Elementary School, located adjacent to the Osgood School, serves students from grades 3–5. The town operates a combined [[Cohasset High School|Middle/High School]], which is located just over Bear Hill from the other two schools. Cohasset's athletics teams are known as the Skippers, and their colors are [[navy blue]] and white. They compete in the South Shore League, and their chief rival is Hull High School.

The athletic programs offered to Cohasset High School students include Baseball, Ice Hockey, Basketball, Cross Country, Tennis, a Competitive Debate Team, Football (which won the 2014 Division VI Super Bowl, and made it to the 2013 Division VI Super Bowl, but lost), Soccer, Competitive Swimming, Track and Field, Sailing, Ski Team, Wrestling and Lacrosse.

High school students may also choose to attend [[South Shore Vocational Technical High School|South Shore Technical High School]] in Hanover free of charge. There are no private schools in Cohasset, and there are several in neighboring Hingham and the towns west of it.

==Transportation==
No divided highways run through Cohasset. The longest state route through the town is [[Massachusetts Route 3A|Route 3A]], which curves through the town between Scituate and Hingham. [[Massachusetts Route 228|Route 228]] runs along the border with Hingham, crossing the [[Weir River (Massachusetts)|Weir River]] into Hull. The nearest airport to Cohasset is [[Marshfield Municipal Airport (Massachusetts)|Marshfield Municipal Airport]]. The nearest national and international air service can be reached at [[Logan International Airport]] in Boston. [[T. F. Green Airport]], located outside [[Providence, Rhode Island]], is an alternative to this airport, although it is located further away.

The [[MBTA bus]] system services the bordering town of Hingham. The [[MBTA]]'s commuter rail [[Greenbush Line]] has a [[Cohasset (MBTA station)|Cohasset station]] off Route 3A, just east of a cemetery.<ref>[http://www.cbbgreenbush.com/routemap.html Greenbush Line Construction website] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070331124045/http://www.cbbgreenbush.com/routemap.html |date=March 31, 2007 }}</ref>

== Media ==
{{unreferenced section|date=August 2024}}
Movies filmed in Cohasset:
* ''[[The Witches of Eastwick (film)|The Witches of Eastwick]]'' (1987), starring [[Cher]], [[Susan Sarandon]], [[Michelle Pfeiffer]], and [[Jack Nicholson]]
* ''[[HouseSitter]]'' (1992), starring [[Goldie Hawn]] and [[Steve Martin]]
* ''[[The Finest Hours (2016 film)|The Finest Hours]]'' (2016), starring [[Chris Pine]], [[Casey Affleck]] and [[Eric Bana]]
* ''[[Thoroughbreds (2017 film)|Thoroughbreds]]'' (2017), starring [[Anya Taylor-Joy]] and [[Anton Yelchin]] 
* ''[[Confess, Fletch]]'' (2022), starring [[Jon Hamm]] and [[Roy Wood Jr.]]

== In Popular Culture ==
Cohasset is the namesake of [[Cohasset Punch]], a brand of [[rum]]-based drink historically popular in [[Chicago]]. It first debuted in the 1890s at the Cohasset residence of actor [[William H. Crane]], and was commissioned by his friend, saloonkeeper Lewis Williams visiting from Chicago.<ref name="Wondrich">{{cite encyclopedia | last=Wondrich | first=David | encyclopedia=[[The Oxford Companion to Spirits and Cocktails]] | title=Cohasset Punch | publisher=Oxford University Press | publication-place=New York | date=2022 | pages=186–187 | isbn=978-0-19-931113-2 | editor1-last=Wondrich | editor1-first=David | editor2-last=Rothbaum | editor2-first=Noah}}</ref> Since 1899, an image of [[Minot's Ledge Light]] has featured on the label.<ref name="trademark">{{US trademark|60035924}} Mixed Spiritous Beverages. Williams & Newman, Chicago, Ill. Essential feature—The pictoral representation of a lighthouse scene. Used since January, 1899. (filed January 15, 1900) (published February 19, 1901)</ref><ref name="FAQ">{{cite web | title=FAQ | website=Cohasset Punch | url=https://www.cohassetpunch.com/faq | access-date=May 23, 2024 | archive-date=May 23, 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240523203513/https://www.cohassetpunch.com/faq | url-status=live }}</ref> Cohasset Punch was discontinued in the late-1980s, but was revived under new ownership in 2024.<ref name="Tribune">{{cite news | last=Hammond | first=David | title=Want to party like it's 1899? One Chicagoan is working to revive Cohasset Punch liqueur | work=Chicago Tribune | date=January 12, 2024 | url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/01/12/want-to-party-like-its-1899-one-chicagoan-is-working-to-revive-cohasset-punch-liqueur/ | access-date=May 19, 2024 | archive-date=May 19, 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240519214506/https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/01/12/want-to-party-like-its-1899-one-chicagoan-is-working-to-revive-cohasset-punch-liqueur/ | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Forbes">{{cite web | last=Hurt | first=Jeanette | title=Drinks Historian Revives Chicago's Signature Cocktail, Cohasset Punch | website=Forbes | date=April 28, 2024 | url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeanettehurt/2024/04/28/drinks-historian-revives-chicagos-signature-cocktail-cohasset-punch/?sh=1ff6a0eb1642 | access-date=May 19, 2024 | archive-date=May 19, 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240519214506/https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeanettehurt/2024/04/28/drinks-historian-revives-chicagos-signature-cocktail-cohasset-punch/?sh=1ff6a0eb1642 | url-status=live }}</ref>

== References ==
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==External links==
{{Wikivoyage|Cohasset}}
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* [http://www.cohassetma.org/ Town of Cohasset official website]

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